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The members of the Writers Guild of America have followed through on their threat to strike, alleging its based on not getting enough money for DVDs and residuals for content being put on other digital platforms.

So we're supposed to feel sorry for working writers who “on average earn over $200,000 a year,” get residual payments and a super health plan? I don't think so!

When you consider the declining interest in viewers watching television content, which is directly related to the quality of writing connected to it, they have nothing to stand on. They don't want more money because they're worth it, they want more money for its own sake.

The reason they can do this is their "cartel" doesn't allow competition, which would ferret out the legion of mediocre writers in the group, and reward the truly great ones.

They also don't want to open things up to competition, which would show the low level of writing they represent, which most people just starting out could do.

Concerning an open market, this writer said:

"In the open market, a great screenplay by an unknown talent might command a lot more money than it does now, while all the inane junk would command far less than current scale. As in any free market, equilibrium would automatically settle in, and the goods in question – in this case written words – would fetch what the market deems they are worth, and not the arbitrary minimums that are demanded by the WGA cartel. Whenever a market is freed, these always emerge: more, better and cheaper."

Eva Longoria was pathetic when she said concerning the writers: "I have a whole crew that will have a terrible holiday season because there's no resolution. I care about people losing their homes, I care about my hair and makeup artists who can't make ends meet."

So these poor working writers making an average of $200,000 yearly, and who don't care about the rest of the people that are affected by their actions, are the victims? Sorry, they're the villains here. 

This group of people need to be broken and exposed for who they are and what's really going on.
 
What should happen is the market be opened up so new writers, who may really be good, can submit their works to be bidded on and directly negotiated with.

This bogus strike shows the real problem, as mediocre writers protected by a cartel are allowed to continue on, and even demand a bigger piece of the pie than they're already getting, under the guise of being ripped off. They're the one's ripping off the rest of us with their low-quality work and outrageous demands to be paid more regardless.

So why are people with great health benefits, residuals and averaging $200,000 a year striking? Ask them!